[KLUG Members] Server Problem (long)

[Richard Zimmerman]

>  -f means file just like in tar,  and is "standard" UNIX, AIX, etc...
> HP-UX and various other UNIX derivatives use -t to mean "tape".  They
> *should* be equal in meaning.

   Ah, clears that up!

> HOWEVER,  some older versions of mt-st (the package containing mt) had
> problems parsing arguments if the "-f" option was used,  but where fine
with "-t".
>This was a bug in ***mt*** and had nothing to do with the driver.

I've already have the latest mt-st package I could find and the problem
with -f still exists.

mt --version
mt-st v. 0.6

> Also,  if the drive works under NT, but not Linux,  NT may be "setting up"
> the drive,  whereas Linux leaves that to the admin. If the drive needs
> block size settings, etc...,  look at "man stinit"

    I don't feel this applies in my case. When I Status the drive it reports
everything fine AND I couldn't change it if I wanted to. It's one of those
wonderful Travan drives, remember? <BG>

    Hey, at least I managed to get it working reliably. Then again, that's
dependent on the good karma of the universe too! <BG>

   Cheers!

   Richard